Bobsleigh: Canada, Germany in golden dead-heat
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s Justin Kripps and Germany’s Francesco Friedrich won gold medals after a dramatic dead-heat in the men’s Olympic two-man bobsleigh on Monday.
Ice Hockey: Canada crush OAR to set up U.S. showdown
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada thumped the Olympic Athletes from Russia 5-0 on Monday to book their spot in the Olympic women’s ice hockey final and renew one of the Winter Games’s greatest rivalries.
Ski jumping: Norway soar to victory in team event
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Robert Johansson soared through the night air to land a spectacular final leap that sealed victory for Norway in the men’s ski jumping team event at the Alpensia resort on Monday.
Speed skating: Norway’s Lorentzen edges Korean in photo finish
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Norwegian Havard Lorentzen struck gold in the men’s 500 meters speed skating at the Gangneung Oval on Monday after edging out South Korea’s Cha Min-kyu in a dramatic photo finish.
Norway’s Lorentzen wins gold in men’s 500 meters
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Norwegian Havard Lorentzen struck gold in the men’s 500 meters speed skating at the Gangneung Oval on Monday after edging out South Korea’s Cha Min-kyu in a dramatic photo finish.
Bobsleigh: Canada’s Kripps has gold in his sights
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Canada’s Justin Kripps was closing on his first Olympic gold medal in the two-man bobsleigh final on Monday as German sleds in second and third place threatened to spoil his party with one run left.
Speed skating: Dutch set Olympic record in team pursuit qualifier
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Defending champions the Netherlands set an Olympic record of 2 minutes and 55.61 seconds in the women’s team pursuit quarter-finals on Monday to lead the standings ahead of Japan, Canada and the United States.
Rule change ends weighty dilemma for athletes
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – As if flying off a steep slope at 90km an hour wasn’t enough to contend with, ski jumpers used to have to worry about their weight, but a rule change has all but removed eating disorders from the sport, a senior off…
Togo trailblazer Petitjean says Africa warming to winter sports
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Togo’s trailblazing cross-country skier Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean is glad she is no longer the “new kid on the block” at the Winter Olympics and says the record number of African countries competing in Pyeongchang pr…
Sleepless nights for Kramer after 10km failure
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer is still having sleepless nights over his failure in the Olympic 10,000 meters race but is trying to take consolation from his record-breaking 5,000 performance.
